66 years old (Born on December 11, 1958)
A California-born fiction and non-fiction author and screenwriter, she is best known for works such as The Castle of Los Angeles (2010 novel); The Halloween Encyclopedia (2003 non-fiction work); and The Lucid Dreaming (2009 novella). Her 2006 short story, Tested, received the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction.